2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

Wereldkampioenschap voetbal onder 20 - 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Dates	10 June – 2 July
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (5th title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	143 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	502,698 (9,667 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lionel Messi (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Lionel Messi
Fair play award	Colombia
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The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005.

Venues

Doetinchem	Emmen	Enschede
De Vijverberg	Univé Stadion	Arke Stadion
Capacity: 12,600	Capacity: 8,600	Capacity: 13,250
51°57′20.8″N 06°18′35.3″E / 51.955778°N 6.309806°E / 51.955778; 6.309806 (De Vijverberg)	52°46′28.9″N 06°56′44.8″E / 52.774694°N 6.945778°E / 52.774694; 6.945778 (Univé Stadion)	52°14′11.6″N 06°50′16.2″E / 52.236556°N 6.837833°E / 52.236556; 6.837833 (Arke Stadion)
Enschede Utrecht Kerkrade Doetinchem Emmen Tilburg Location of venues of 2005 FIFA Youth Championship
Kerkrade	Tilburg	Utrecht
Parkstad Limburg Stadion	Willem II Stadion	Stadion Galgenwaard
Capacity: 19,979	Capacity: 14,637	Capacity: 24,500
50°51′25.4″N 06°00′21.0″E / 50.857056°N 6.005833°E / 50.857056; 6.005833 (Parkstad Limburg Stadion)	51°32′33.6″N 05°04′00.5″E / 51.542667°N 5.066806°E / 51.542667; 5.066806 (Willem II Stadion)	52°04′42.1″N 05°08′45.0″E / 52.078361°N 5.145833°E / 52.078361; 5.145833 (Stadion Galgenwaard)

Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host country the Netherlands did not have to qualify for the tournament.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2004 AFC Youth Championship	China  Japan  South Korea  Syria
CAF (Africa)	2005 African Youth Championship	Benin1  Egypt  Morocco  Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	2005 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Canada  Honduras  Panama  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2005 South American Youth Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Colombia
OFC (Oceania)	2005 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	Host nation	Netherlands
	2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship	Germany  Italy  Spain   Switzerland1  Turkey  Ukraine

Sponsorship

FIFA partners

National supporters

Match officials

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stages

The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
3	Benin	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Australia	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2

10 June 2005
16:00

Benin	1–1	Australia
Omotoyossi 32'	(Report)	Ward 59'

Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

10 June 2005
20:00

Netherlands	2–1	Japan
Afellay 7' Babel 18'	(Report)	Hirayama 68'

Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

15 June 2005
17:30

Japan	1–1	Benin
Mizuno 65'	(Report)	Maïga 37'

Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

15 June 2005
20:30

Australia	0–3	Netherlands
	(Report)	Maduro 20' Emanuelson 46' Kruys 74'

Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

18 June 2005
16:00

Japan	1–1	Australia
Maeda 87'	(Report)	Townsend 75'

Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

18 June 2005
16:00

Netherlands	1–0	Benin
Maduro 45+2'	(Report)

Willem II Stadion, Tilburg

Attendance: 13,700

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	China	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
3	Turkey	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Panama	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

11 June 2005
17:30

Turkey	1–2	China
Güleç 84'	(Report)	Tan Wangsong 22' Zhao Xuri 90+5'

Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

11 June 2005
20:30

Ukraine	3–1	Panama
Aliev 20' (pen.), 22' Feschuk 32'	(Report)	Arzhanov 26' (o.g.)

Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

14 June 2005
17:30

China	3–2	Ukraine
Zhu Ting 31' Chen Tao 66' (pen.) Cui Peng 75'	(Report)	Vorobei 19' Aliev 70' (pen.)

Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht

Attendance: 2,300

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

15 June 2005
20:30

Panama	0–1	Turkey
	(Report)	Güleç 24'

Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht

Attendance: 6,100

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

17 June 2005
20:30

Turkey	2–2	Ukraine
Öztürk 8' (pen.), 53'	(Report)	Aliev 5', 19'

De Vijverberg, Doetinchem

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

17 June 2005
20:30

China	4–1	Panama
Zhou Haibin 6' Gao Lin 40' Hao Junmin 51' Lu Lin 78'	(Report)	Venegas 37'

Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Morocco	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

11 June 2005
17:30

Spain	3–1	Morocco
Llorente 28' Molinero 51' Silva 71'	(Report)	Doulyazal 84' (pen.)

De Vijverberg, Doetinchem

Attendance: 9,863

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

11 June 2005
20:30

Honduras	0–7	Chile
	(Report)	Parada 11', 71' Fuenzalida 30', 53' Fernández 67' Jara 69' Morales 77'

De Vijverberg, Doetinchem

Attendance: 6,800

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

14 June 2005
17:30

Morocco	5–0	Honduras
Iajour 31', 43' Bendamou 55' Benjelloun 81' Chihi 90'	(Report)

De Vijverberg, Doetinchem

Attendance: 5,985

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

15 June 2005
20:30

Chile	0–7	Spain
	(Report)	Llorente 8', 62', 78', 81' Robusté 51' Silva 71', 85'

De Vijverberg, Doetinchem

Attendance: 6,600

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

17 June 2005
17:30

Spain	3–0	Honduras
Soriano 5' Silva 38' Víctor 67'	(Report)

De Vijverberg, Doetinchem

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

17 June 2005
17:30

Morocco	1–0	Chile
Bendamou 45+2'	(Report)

Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	United States	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
4	Egypt	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

11 June 2005
17:30

Argentina	0–1	United States
	(Report)	Barrett 39'

Arke Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

11 June 2005
20:30

Germany	2–0	Egypt
Adler 75' Matip 90+3'	(Report)

Arke Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

14 June 2005
17:30

Egypt	0–2	Argentina
	(Report)	Messi 47' Zabaleta 90+1'

Arke Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

14 June 2005
20:30

United States	0–0	Germany
	(Report)

Arke Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 10,350

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

18 June 2005
13:30

Argentina	1–0	Germany
Cardozo 43'	(Report)

Univé Stadion, Emmen

Attendance: 8,600

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

18 June 2005
13:30

United States	1–0	Egypt
Peterson 56'	(Report)

Arke Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 7,600

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Colombia	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Syria	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Canada	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

12 June 2005
17:30

Colombia	2–0	Italy
Rentería 76' Guarín 93'	(Report)

Willem II Stadion, Tilburg

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

12 June 2005
20:30

Syria	1–1	Canada
Al Haj 2'	(Report)	Peters 31'

Willem II Stadion, Tilburg

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

15 June 2005
17:30

Canada	0–2	Colombia
	(Report)	Falcao 81' Guarín 88'

Willem II Stadion, Tilburg

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

15 June 2005
20:30

Italy	1–2	Syria
Coda 69'	(Report)	Al Hussain 37' Al Hamawi 73'

Willem II Stadion, Tilburg

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

18 June 2005
13:30

Italy	4–1	Canada
Pellè 23', 68' Galloppa 47' De Martino 90'	(Report)	De Jong 49'

Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

18 June 2005
16:00

Colombia	2–0	Syria
Rodallega 62' Falcao 90'	(Report)

Willem II Stadion, Tilburg

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

12 June 2005
17:30

Brazil	0–0	Nigeria
	(Report)

Univé Stadion, Emmen

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

12 June 2005
20:30

South Korea	1–2	Switzerland
Shin Young-rok 25'	(Report)	Antić 28' Vonlanthen 33'

Univé Stadion, Emmen

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

15 June 2005
17:30

Switzerland	0–1	Brazil
	(Report)	Gladstone 14'

Univé Stadion, Emmen

Attendance: 8,200

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

15 June 2005
20:30

Nigeria	1–2	South Korea
Abwo 18'	(Report)	Park Chu-young 89' Baek Ji-hoon 90+2'

Univé Stadion, Emmen

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

18 June 2005
16:00

Brazil	2–0	South Korea
Renato 9' Sóbis 57'	(Report)

Univé Stadion, Emmen

Attendance: 8,600

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

18 June 2005
16:00

Nigeria	3–0	Switzerland
Ogbuke 49' Mikel 59' (pen.) Promise 85'	(Report)

Arke Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	D	Germany	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	B	Turkey	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	E	Italy	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	C	Chile	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3
5	F	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
6	A	Benin	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Knockout stages

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

21 June

China

2

24 June

Germany

3

Germany

1

21 June

Brazil (aet)

2

Brazil

1

28 June

Syria

0

Brazil

1

22 June

Argentina

2

Colombia

1

25 June

Argentina

2

Argentina

3

22 June

Spain

1

Spain

3

2 July

Turkey

0

Argentina

2

21 June

Nigeria

1

Morocco

1

24 June

Japan

0

Morocco (pen.)

2 (4)

21 June

Italy

2 (2)

United States

1

28 June

Italy

3

Morocco

0

22 June

Nigeria

3

Third place

Nigeria

1

25 June

2 July

Ukraine

0

Nigeria (pen.)

1 (10)

Brazil

2

22 June

Netherlands

1 (9)

Morocco

1

Netherlands

3

Chile

0

Round of 16

21 June 2005
17:30

United States	1–3	Italy
Freeman 44' (pen.)	(Report)	Galloppa 54' Pellè 62' Kljestan 75' (o.g.)

Arke Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

21 June 2005
17:30

China	2–3	Germany
Chen Tao 4', 20' (pen.)	(Report)	Gentner 5' Adler 30' Matip 89'

Willem II Stadion, Tilburg

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

21 June 2005
20:30

Morocco	1–0	Japan
Iajour 90+2'	(Report)

Arke Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 11,800

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

21 June 2005
20:30

Brazil	1–0	Syria
Rafinha 43' (pen.)	(Report)

Willem II Stadion, Tilburg

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

22 June 2005
17:30

Nigeria	1–0	Ukraine
Taiwo 80'	(Report)

De Vijverberg, Doetinchem

Attendance: 9,600

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

22 June 2005
17:30

Colombia	1–2	Argentina
Otálvaro 52'	(Report)	Messi 58' Barroso 90+3'

Univé Stadion, Emmen

Attendance: 8,400

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

22 June 2005
20:30

Netherlands	3–0	Chile
Babel 3' Owusu-Abeyie 73' John 80'	(Report)

De Vijverberg, Doetinchem

Attendance: 9,600

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador))

22 June 2005
20:30

Spain	3–0	Turkey
Juanfran 28', 36' Robusté 69'	(Report)

Univé Stadion, Emmen

Attendance: 8,400

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Quarter-finals

24 June 2005
17:30

Morocco	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Italy
El-Zhar 26' Battagia 93' (o.g.)	(Report)	Canini 74' Pellè 112'
Penalties
Rabeh Doulyazal Iajour El-Amrani El-Zhar	4–2	Galloppa Agnelli Pellè Carotti

Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

24 June 2005
20:30

Germany	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
Huber 68'	(Report)	Tardelli 82' Rafinha 99'

Willem II Stadion, Tilburg

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

25 June 2005
15:30

Nigeria	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
Owoeri 1'	(Report)	Vlaar 46'
Penalties
Taiwo Sambo Adefemi Atulewa Promise Adedeji Mikel Apam Kaita Adeleye Vanzekin Taiwo	10–9	John Babel Vlaar Kruys Maduro Zuiverloon Drost Vincken Otten Tiendalli Vermeer John

Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

25 June 2005
20:30

Argentina	3–1	Spain
Zabaleta 19' Oberman 71' Messi 73'	(Report)	Zapater 32'

Arke Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 11,200

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Semi-finals

28 June 2005
17:30

Brazil	1–2	Argentina
Renato 75'	(Report)	Messi 7' Zabaleta 90+3'

Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht

Attendance: 16,500

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

28 June 2005
20:30

Morocco	0–3	Nigeria
	(Report)	Taiwo 34' Adefemi 70' Ogbuke 75'

Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Third place play-off

2 July 2005
17:00

Brazil	2–1	Morocco
Santos 88' Edcarlos 90+1'	(Report)	Edcarlos 45+2' (o.g.)

Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Final

2 July 2005
20:00

Argentina	2–1	Nigeria
Messi 40' (pen.), 75' (pen.)	Report	Ogbuke 53'

Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht

Attendance: 24,500

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Team details

Argentina Nigeria GK 1 Óscar Ustari DF 3 Lautaro Formica DF 4 Julio Barroso DF 6 Gabriel Paletta DF 8 Pablo Zabaleta DF 13 Ezequiel Garay MF 5 Juan Manuel Torres MF 15 Rodrigo Archubi MF 17 Fernando Gago FW 18 Lionel Messi FW 20 Gustavo Oberman Substitutes: MF 7 Lucas Biglia MF 11 Emiliano Armenteros FW 19 Sergio Agüero Manager: Francisco Ferraro GK 1 Ambruse Vanzekin DF 3 Taye Taiwo DF 5 Monday James DF 13 Olubayo Adefemi DF 17 Dele Adeleye MF 7 Chinedu Obasi Ogbuke MF 9 Mikel John Obi MF 19 Sani Kaita FW 10 Isaac Promise FW 14 David Abwo FW 20 John Owoeri Substitutes: FW 11 Solomon Okoronkwo Manager: Samson Siasia

Winners

2005 FIFA World Youth champions
Argentina Fifth title

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Lionel Messi

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	FIFA Fair Play Award
Lionel Messi	Lionel Messi	Colombia

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Argentina	7	6	0	1	12	5	+7	18	Champions
2	Nigeria	7	3	2	2	10	5	+5	11	Runners-up
3	Brazil	7	5	1	1	9	4	+5	16	Third place
4	Morocco	7	3	1	3	11	10	+1	10	Fourth place
5	Netherlands (H)	5	4	1	0	10	2	+8	13	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Spain	5	4	0	1	17	4	+13	12
7	Italy	5	2	1	2	10	8	+2	7
8	Germany	5	2	1	2	6	5	+1	7
9	Colombia	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	9	Eliminated in Round of 16
10	China	4	3	0	1	11	7	+4	9
11	United States	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	7
12	Ukraine	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	4
13	Syria	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4
14	Turkey	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4
15	Chile	4	1	0	3	7	11	−4	3
16	Japan	4	0	2	2	3	5	−2	2
17	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3	Eliminated in Group stage
18	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
19	Benin	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
20	Australia	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
21	Canada	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1
22	Egypt	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0
23	Panama	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0
24	Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0